Cheryl Webb (born 3 October 1976 in

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), is an Australian

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...

. Webb won the

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in the

20 km The 20K run (20 kilometres, or approximately 12.4 miles) is a long distance foot race. It is a rarely held race that is not recognized as an Olympic event. The event held IAAF world championship status in 2006 only, when the existing IAAF World ...

race at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

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. She is self coached since 2004. Webb made her international debut in 2004. She finished 38th in the 20 km race at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and 21st in the same event at the

2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF ...

Achievements

Statistics

*2010: Commonwealth Games - Delhi, India (5th) *2010: World Walking Cup - Chihuahua, Mexico (disqualified) *2009: World Championships - Berlin, Germany (disqualified) *2009: National Champion - Melbourne, Australia (fastest Australian female on Australian soil of all time over 20 km, 1.29.44) *2006: Commonwealth Games - Melbourne, Australia (3rd, 1.36.03) *2006: World Walking Cup - La Coruna, Spain (37th, 1.36.33) *2005: World Championships - Helsinki, Finland (21st, 1.33.58) *2004: Olympic Games - Athens, Greece (38th, 1.37.40) *2004: World Walking Cup - Naumburg, Germany (26th, 1.31.42)

References

1976 births Living people Australian female racewalkers Olympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Australian Institute of Sport track and field athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes from Sydney Australian Athletics Championships winners {{Australia-athletics-bio-stub